Liberal wins Wisconsin court seat ahead of abortion ruling

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : He is endorsed by the state's top three anti-abortion groups, while Protasiewicz is backed by Planned Parenthood and other abortion rights advocates.
48% : Protasiewicz made the issue a focus of her campaign and won the support of Planned Parenthood and other abortion rights groups.
45% : Protasiewicz, a Milwaukee County judge, largely focused her campaign around abortion, saying she supports abortion rights but stopping short of saying how she would rule on a pending lawsuit challenging Wisconsin's 174-year-old ban that was enacted a year after statehood.
43% : Kelly has expressed opposition to abortion in the past, including in a 2012 blog post in which he said the Democratic Party and the National Organization for Women were committed to normalizing the taking of human life.
38% : In addition to abortion, Protasiewicz was outspoken on Wisconsin's gerrymandered legislative maps, calling them "rigged."
36% : The new court controlled 4-3 by liberals is expected to decide a pending lawsuit challenging the state's 1849 law banning abortion.
31% : Kelly accused her of prejudging that case, abortion and others that could come before the court.

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